Unparalleled Double Harmony

Chapter 469 New Revenge

The term "accomplice" has appeared in our previous documents.

To put it simply, the ghosts were originally human beings, but because they were bewitched or enslaved by evil spirits, they became a kind of existence that is neither human nor ghost, neither demon nor monster.

Of course, there are differences between the minions.

For example, the “Seven Evils” that Shuang Xie and others encountered in Zhihua Temple in the capital last year were actually the minions transformed by the dead Xiao, and their combat effectiveness was naturally formidable.

The "Three Ghosts of the Peng Family" in front of them were just transformed by a tiger spirit in the mountains, so what they can do is very limited.

To put it bluntly, the strange phenomenon that Dugu and his son experienced when they stayed overnight at Zhimaling was just a "dream" created by the ghosts. That... was created with the help of the tiger spirit. Although it is not impossible for the three ghosts of the Peng family to do it on their own, the strength will be much lower. If they encounter people like Dugu and his son who have a bit of righteousness in them, they will most likely be able to escape by themselves with the help of the other party's mental strength.

Then again, can we now conclude that what the three ghosts of the Peng family said at that time were all lies?

That's not the case.

The story that Peng Ying told Dugu and his son at that time was half true and half false.

First of all, Peng Lu is a person. He does have good skills, is very hardworking and can make money, but he doesn’t love his family as much as Peng Ying said in the story... At least, he doesn’t love every family member.

The first child of the Peng family died young, and the second child, Mrs. Peng, became disabled, all because Peng Lu neglected to care for the two daughters born to his wife.

However, Peng Lu still cared a lot about his son Peng Ying, which led to Peng Ying becoming a spoiled child.

Yes, during his lifetime, Peng Ying was not as humble, polite and talented as he described himself.

Peng Ying’s personality is not bad, but if you want to describe it, it is “not the fate of a young master, but has the disease of a young master”.

He was able to pass the examination to become a "Tongsheng" because his father spent a lot of money to "manage" it. However... considering the conditions of their family of craftsmen, they could basically only pass the examination to become a "Tongsheng". He had no hope of becoming a "Xiucai".

As for what he said about himself being proficient in music and being appreciated by many literati and scholars, this is purely his own flattery... After all, it is because among his arts of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, the only thing he is slightly good at is the music.

In addition, the reason why Mrs. Peng never got married was not because she really couldn't get married, but because Peng Lu had selfish motives - the old man thought that if he was gone one day and Mrs. Peng got married, then with Peng Ying's character as a "young master", he would probably live off his savings and eventually starve to death. If he let Mrs. Peng inherit his craft, at least in the future Peng Ying could have a full meal with her sister and have a way out.

As for the Peng family, it is even more subtle...

Her experiences have turned her into a person with both physical and mental problems.

In her heart, Mrs. Peng undoubtedly hated her father Peng Lu, but she did not hate her brother Peng Ying.

Peng Ying and her sister do have a very good relationship, but the relationship between Peng Ying and Peng Shi is like a brother and sister, while the relationship between Peng Shi and Peng Ying is a little bit unclear...

Of course, she wasn't going in any unethical direction, she just had a morbid dependence on her younger brother.

After all, Peng Ying is the only person that Peng Shi can contact on a daily basis besides her father. Her understanding of the outside world is all from Peng Ying’s daily chats with her... It can be said that Peng Ying is Peng Shi’s only spiritual sustenance in the world.

Therefore, Mrs. Peng did not mind staying single for the rest of her life and supporting her younger brother with her craft in the future; therefore, she would not really have a bad relationship with her father who wanted to teach her the craft.

In summary, do you think this family lived a "happy and harmonious" life? It can be said that they did...but the actual situation was much more complicated than what Peng Ying described.

Just like countless families in this world, there are actually conflicts hidden beneath the surface calm, just problems of varying degrees, big or small...and if the concept of "home" is expanded to the level of relatives, there will be even more conflicts. However, if these conflicts do not break out, everyone will just live their lives like this.

Of course, the three ghosts of the Peng family would not explain all these messy things so clearly to Dugu and his son - most of us, when talking about ourselves, will beautify ourselves to a certain extent, even if we don’t do it deliberately... If we are not forced or have nothing to fear, who would easily say out those unspeakable thoughts and shortcomings in our hearts?
However, regarding the things that Shao Shanhu did, what Dugu and his son heard were basically all true... There was no need for the three ghosts of the Peng family to hide this part.

And finally, as to how the three of them died, in order to avoid the obvious element of "being accomplices to the tiger", they said that they were killed by a tiger spirit and then encountered a pack of wolves.

Seeing this, some people will definitely say: Now the question is, what is this tiger spirit doing? What is it interfering with?

Hey~ this is the most interesting part of this matter.

This tiger spirit has cultivated to this level and is only one step away from being able to transform itself into human form.

However, the universe is mysterious, and every mountain spirit and monster that cultivates to this critical point will encounter a bottleneck, and to break through, they must rely on the four words "chance and coincidence"... and the bottleneck that this tiger spirit encountered is that it has to find a person with the word "tiger" in his name, and who has done bad things in his life, and recruit him as an accomplice before it can pass.

Once this condition is met, the first human form transformed by the tiger spirit will look like this person.

So the tiger spirit waited and waited, searched and searched, but for several years he didn't meet anyone with the word "tiger" in his name, and there was not even anyone who knew such a person...

Until I met these three people from the Peng family.

When the tiger demon heard what happened to these three people, he was so happy. Well, this must be Shao Shanhu. As long as I use the rule of "a ghost looking for a substitute", even if it's three for one, I will definitely take him down.

It's a pity that the tiger spirit has limited magic power, and it can't make the three ghosts transform into flesh and blood and travel to Cangzhou directly. So it can only wait for the travelers who are originally going to Cangzhou, and then use a trick to let them take the "property" of the three ghosts of the Peng family with them.

This led to the scene where Dugu and his son stayed overnight at Zhimaling and encountered three ghosts in their dreams.

Tonight, if Dugu Sheng's plan goes according to plan, then the tiger spirit's plan might be accomplished.

Although the three ghosts of the Peng family were not that powerful, but at midnight, when the yin energy was at its heaviest, they placed the three evil objects possessed by ghosts directly under Shao Shanhu's bed. In addition, Shao Shanhu had done a lot of bad things, so the probability of him being killed in his dream was extremely high.

Anyway, for the Peng family, they can find a substitute and take revenge on Shao Shanhu at the same time, so they won't hesitate.

Who would have known that after traveling ninety-nine miles out of the hundred miles, they would run into Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai just one step away.

When Dugu Sheng heard Huang Donglai's words, he immediately remembered that his son had told him that Huang Donglai "really had skills", so he hurried forward, clasped his hands and said, "Nephew Huang, I heard that you are proficient in the art of yin and yang, does that seem to be true?"

"Uh... I know a thing or two." Huang Donglai didn't know what the other party was going to do, so he didn't dare to be too sure.

"Okay, okay, okay... then please let me talk for a moment." Dugu Sheng seemed to have found a life-saving straw, and he took Huang Donglai's hand and left.

Soon, they turned from the center of the street to an empty space. Dugu Sheng deliberately placed the things wrapped in black cloth a few feet away... as if he was afraid of being eavesdropped. Then, he lowered his voice and told Shuangxie Tangtangtang about their experience at Zhimaling.

Huang Donglai listened, thought for a moment, and then said in a rather casual tone: "How about calling the three of them out to ask?"

"Fuck, you're summoning spirits in the middle of the night, right?" Sun Yixie got scared when he heard that Huang Donglai was going to do this again. "You can tell they're not human, so can you believe what they say? Can't we just burn those things?"

"It's hard to say~" Huang Donglai said, "Just because they are ghosts doesn't mean they don't tell the truth. Besides, we've all heard Xiao Lin mention the character of the Shao family father and son. Even someone like Xiao Lin who doesn't like to gossip behind people's backs can describe them like that, so I guess the descriptions of these ghosts are not all false... It's better to ask."

Seeing Huang Donglai's fearless tone, Sun Yixie suddenly realized something: "Well... you look like you are not afraid at all. It seems that these three ghosts are very weak. You are not afraid even if they turn hostile, right?"

"Tsk..." Huang Donglai curled his lips, "Can't it be because I'm strong?"

“Heh…” Sun Yixie sneered, “Okay, okay, you’re strong, I believe you.”

After these two guys finished speaking, they were not scared, but Dugu Sheng felt a little scared, thinking, are these two guys reliable? Could it be that my son was fooled by them?

Of course, he had doubts, and that was also because he didn't know Shuangxie well. If he knew even 30% of how bad these two people were, he would definitely make the same judgment as Sun Yixie.

On the other side, Huang Donglai talked a few more words with Dugu and his son, then walked towards the objects wrapped in black cloth alone.

Why is he doing it alone? Well, the other three are a bit scared, and since he is not afraid, let him handle it alone.

Huang Donglai walked to the big wooden box, untied the black cloth, and then took out the broken piano, belt, and broken lantern, and placed them in a dark corner where the moonlight could not reach. Then, without doing anything like chanting or making hand gestures, he just said, "Come out and talk."

Those three ghosts were really obedient. As soon as Huang Donglai finished speaking, the figures of the three people from the Peng family immediately appeared in the shadows. However, their figures were vague and had no substance.

I'm sure you can all see that the three ghosts of the Peng family are indeed very weak, including the tiger spirit that controls their vital points. When they face someone like Huang Donglai who has a certain amount of Taoist power, they dare not resist at all.

"Master, please forgive us. We were forced into this!" This was the first sentence Peng Ying said when she saw Huang Donglai. As she spoke, the three of them knelt down, and then started crying and howling, begging for mercy and shouting their injustice, making a huge fuss.

Huang Donglai also used threats and intimidation to force the three of them to say everything they should and should not say.

Then, Huang Donglai asked the three of them to return to their respective lodgings, packed them up, and brought them back to the other three.

"What do you mean?" Sun Yixie asked when he saw that Huang Donglai seemed to have figured it out.

"It's nothing. We can just send the things to the temple tomorrow morning and ask the monks to chant sutras to pray for the soul to be reborn." Huang Donglai replied.

"Ah? So simple?" Dugu Yong couldn't help but wonder, "Donlai, didn't you say they were some kind of 'ghosts'? Then there should be something controlling them, so don't we need to care about it?"

"After the salvation, the souls have returned to heaven, so the control will naturally stop." Huang Donglai replied, "Don't worry, with the ability of the tiger spirit... its claws can't reach that far. In fact, if you knew the tricks, you could have found a temple to do it a long time ago. But don't talk about you, even these three ghosts don't know it themselves."

"Eh? Is it true or false that they were persecuted by Shao Shanhu?" Dugu Yong asked again.

"It should be true... Anyway, from what I heard, what Shao Shanhu did is at least 80% true." Huang Donglai said, "But we can't help the evildoer just to punish Shao Shanhu, right?"

Huang Donglai was clear about this point, because in this regard, Xuanqi Sect had a sect rule related to "Five Thunders Punishment", and he was almost executed last time.

"Hmm..." Dugu Yong didn't say anything more after hearing what they said. He could only say, "It's a good deal for him."

"Well, it's not a matter of whether it's cheap or not. If this person really does evil, he will get his comeuppance sooner or later." Huang Donglai continued, "If God doesn't punish us, we can still look for an opportunity...right, Brother Sun?" As he said that, he threw a question to Sun Yixie.

"That's... if we really want to deal with him, it will only take a few minutes..." Sun Yixie also took over the conversation and started bragging on the spot.

But in fact, their attitude is somewhat selfish.

Because after arriving in Cangzhou, they had heard something: it turned out that after the Seven Heroes Meeting, Shao Dejin spread a lot of rumors about their Hunyuan Star Gate, and many of the bad things were clearly directed at Lin Yuancheng... but only a limited number of people believed it.

Therefore, the relationship between Shuangxie and the Shao family is similar to the relationship between the Cao Gang and Zhengyi Gate: although on the surface they are all ranked among the four gates and three gangs and are considered allies, but secretly they are enemies who will open champagne immediately if something really happens to the other side.

"Get him?" But when Dugu Yong heard Brother Sun's words, he felt something else. Considering what Shuang Xie and the others had done at Wujian Villa, Dugu Yong's face suddenly changed, "Are you going to get him..."

"Hey~ son, if you have anything to say, let's go somewhere else tomorrow and talk about it slowly." Fortunately, at this time Dugu Sheng felt that his son seemed to be about to get into some muddy water because of his slip of the tongue, so he quickly interrupted him.

Lao Deng has a lot of experience in the world - for many things, even if you have a sure guess, you can't just talk about it in front of others, because if your guess is right, even if people don't admit it on the spot, they will still regard you as one of the "insiders", which will get you into trouble.

Just like that, these people had a brief discussion again and decided which temple to meet at tomorrow morning, and then they went their separate ways.

Dugu and his son did not dare to sleep that night. They took their things back to the inn and placed them in an empty guest room. They ran to another guest room and sat there waiting for dawn.

Since he was awake anyway, Dugu Sheng took advantage of these few hours to ask Dugu Yong about the events in Wujian Villa in detail, and gained a deeper understanding of Shuangxie.

In this way, they endured until the next day. When it was bright, the father and son went downstairs to have breakfast, and then hurriedly carried their suitcases to the place they had agreed to go last night.

Cangzhou is not a small place, so it is not difficult to find a decent large temple.

Dugu Yong and his son were in place at the Chen hour, but they did not dare to move on their own. They waited until the Si hour, when Shuang Xie appeared reluctantly, yawning, and then they entered the temple together.

How to explain to the monk, how to perform the ritual and how to donate the incense money were all handled by the two "experts" Sun and Huang.

This matter would not take the whole morning to complete, because they did not need to be present during the actual ritual, so they just left after making the arrangements.

When they arrived outside the temple, Dugu and his son felt that a spiritual burden had been lifted, and they felt relaxed. They were also very grateful to Shuangxie.

But Dugu Sheng also knew in his heart that he really owed these two guys a favor this time, and he would have to repay it in the future.

Sun and Huang also kept a secret in their hearts, because they also had to remind themselves that from now on, they had a new enemy in the Zhimaling area, and it would be best to find an opportunity to deal with it in the future, otherwise they might encounter the same kind of danger that they had encountered in Dengzhou.

As for the Shao family father and son, there was no need to worry too much, because not long after, Shao Dejin and Shao Shanhu had a conflict with Sun Huang over another matter...

(End of this chapter)